A series of intricate bombs leads MacGyver to a “ghost” from his military past.

OPENING GAMBIT: Mac and friends are getting buried alive in a vehicle and must blast their way out before suffocating.

MISSION: To defeat a mad bomber terrorizing the city and threatening the UN, MacGyver must team up with an old friend to diffuse the situation.

This week’s highlights include:

Here is that delicious looking airbag birthday cake.

Pathos (Art)

Pathos (Greek: πάθος, for “suffering” or “experience;” adjectival form: ‘pathetic’ from παθητικός) represents an appeal to the emotions of the audience, and elicits feelings that already reside in them. Pathos is a communication technique used most often in rhetoric (where it is considered one of the three modes of persuasion, alongside ethos and logos), and in literature, film and other narrative art.

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